Crossfit of Fremont

September 13, 2010

SQUAT THERAPY TRICKS

Using the band for squat therapy. The abductors pull the knees apart, keeping the knees tracking over the feet. Don't keep the knees over the feet and you are asking for bad things to happen to your knee health. It also makes it hard to drive up through the heels because tracking the knees inside the feet leads to driving up through the balls of the feet. There can be many reasons one can't keep the knees tracking over the feet: too wide a stance, tight hip flexors and hamstrings, weak abductors, or a total mental disconnect with the abductors. The band therapy constantly pulls the knees together, forcing the athlete to push the knees out. It is one of the many squat therapy techniques you can use to improve your squat technique.

The squat is the king of all movements. Get a big squat and everything you do will get better. Learning how to air squat first can really help your weighted squats. On September 25th, I will be offering a squat therapy clinic (air squat). The clinic will cover the following:

Anatomy of a squat

Warm-up techniques

Individual squat analysis

Squat therapy techniques

Stretching to improve squat technique

Intro to bar squat

The clinic will be limited to 12 people and will last two hours. The cost will be $25. If interest is high, I will hold more of them ASAP. The squat is a constant work in progress. The clinic will help. I'll have the time slot and a Mindbody sign-up link up in the next few days. Sign-up will be first come first serve.

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Speaking of Mindbody sign-up links, here is the correct one for the Look Better Naked Challenge: